Denmark: embodying being and doing 🇩🇰
We were presented with an incredible opportunity to build & launch our business and product here in Denmark.
Relocating to Copenhagen in 2024, researching, meeting local leaders, and learning about work and culture here, it became very apparent that there might not be a country that embodies both being and doing more than the small yet mighty Denmark.
How 🔻
Denmark on being
Work-life balance with 25 mandatory paid days off
4 Day Work Week Denmark 2025
52 weeks total parental leave
Denmark.dk - Work Life Balance
95% of 3-5 year olds in preschool, the highest rate in the OECD
Denmark Country Report 2022, SGI 2022
72% of Danish women work (vs 59% OECD average
OECD Better Life Index 2021
Danish government implemented the famous “Flexicurity” model focusing flexibility, security, & active policy in the workforce supported by investment, policy, and initiatives
Danish Agency for Labour Market & Recruitment (STAR)
Denmark on doing
Denmark has one of the highest GDP per capita’s in the world (USD $60,556)
OECD 2020
Denmark is ranked 3rd out of 141 countries on global competitiveness
World Economic Forum 2021
Ranked #5 globally on work-life balance
OECD Better Life Index 2021
37 hour work weeks
Denmark.dk - Work Life Balance
However, balancing both being and doing as a small country is not without its challenges. And these challenges present new opportunities The Impactful is working to support.
Challenges & Opportunities for Denmark
76% of expatriates struggle with learning Danish, 25% don’t speak Danish at all, yet 90% of all international workers believe speaking Danish is critical for integrating.
Copenhagen Capacity Expat Survey 2025
Yet Denmark is expected to need 130,000 additional workers by 2033, while losing talent faster than peer countries
Copenhagen Capacity Expat Survey 2025
Denmark excels at attracting international talent (4th globally in talent competitiveness) but 65% of highly qualified foreign workers leave within 5 years.
Copenhagen Capacity Expat Survey 2025
International workers contribute DKK 360 billion annually (11.5% of GDP) through 330,000 job positions
The Local Denmark (2024)
How the impactful addresses these challenges
Matching Global Talent
We allow businesses to quickly tap into global talent. By managing the teams of talent, we enable businesses to solve needs today while identifying needs and skills gaps necessary to solve problems of tomorrow. This enables teams critical time to train, develop, or identify workforces.
Building Community
It can be challenging enough just to run a business. We help support your team, employees, contractors through our own global community - connecting them to likeminded individuals around the world as well as local opportunities to attend events, build networks, and make lasting friendships.
Supporting both being + doing
Critical to addressing the skills gaps and workforce development needed to solve today’s problems while building for tomorrow, is supporting not only the doing - the work, projects, scope - but the being as well. The whole person. Let us do that for you with our being + doing platform.
We are currently recruiting companies to be part of our 2025-2026 Corporate Pilot Program. In exchange for offering valuable feedback and testing on our B2B ‘being + doing’ platform, we will provide a team of talent from our community to help you work through some of your most pressing needs and challenges. Send us a note below to learn more - space is limited.
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